I am a long time supporter of the Green and Sustainable lifestyle. After being caught in the Boscastle floods in 2004, our family begun a journey to respect and promote the importance of Earth's fragile ecosystem, that focussed on reducing waste. Inspired by the beauty and resourcefulness of this wonderful planet, I have published numerous magazine articles on green issues and the author of four books.

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I’m afraid I’ve been unpleasantly surprised by how quickly fruit can go off. I bought an extremely expensive bag of cherries on Monday. Yesterday I discovered every single one of them had gone mouldy. Definitely no way back for them.

But, you are right, old and wrinkly doesn’t necessarily mean inedible.

Black bananas in the fruit bowl – sometimes they are still quite firm. I don’t like eating them like this myself – others do – but whizzed up in cold milk they still make a good drink or taste good in banana bread – and I’ll eat them. You can put bananas in the fridge or in the freezer (peeled) to add to smoothies.

A package of firm tofu had made its way to the back of the fridge and was sadly forgotten. Doing a clean out, I found that it was a full 2 months past the “use by” date. I peeled back the plastic cover and found an awful lot of liquid (more than the usual few tablespoons). I nearly chucked it in the compost, but then decided to try drying it out between some tea towels for a while. I cooked it in the skillet with some fresh grated ginger and garlic and guess what… it was perfectly fine, and very delicious!